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[Iohanna]

Cut it with the pyramid quotes, people.

Modifié par Iohanna, 01 février 2012 - 01:50 .

[Anacronian Stryx]

Heraxion wrote...

There is some discrepancy between the lore and the games here. In the lore you use the omnidirectional secondary relays to travel within a cluster, while in the games it's done with normal ftl.

Secondary relays are still described as "Secondary relays can link to any other relay over shorter distances, only a few hundred light years" in the Codex so i would assume that they are placed at that distances from each other making the game play and the lore fit rather well together.

Edit : cut down the pyramid.

Modifié par Anacronian Stryx, 01 février 2012 - 01:51 .

[Gabriel S.]

I honestly cannot follow the ferocity and speed of this thread... so what's that about "inspired by a true story". My inner soap opera loving side is dying to know.

[Zhuinden]

There's even a supposedly spanish translation of the events now.
You are officially famous.

Modifié par Zhuinden, 01 février 2012 - 01:52 .

[CDRSkyShepard]

Someone With Mass wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

54. Dietz even explains (incorrectly) that you can't see anything when a vessel is using FTL.  Also, he seems to think FTL in ME is hyperspace:

But after entering normal space Leng could see the incredible space station that functioned as the political, economic, and cultural center of the galaxy.

FTL, hyperspace, warp speed, they're all the same thing. A writer shouldn't bother with such small details as the fundamental elements of the universe he's writing about.

Pretty much. If he were meaning to describe that you can't see anything while inside a ship at FTL speeds, then he'd be right. What Star Trek depicts is scientifically inaccurate, if nifty to look at. If you were traveling faster than the speed of light, you'd be outrunning all outside souces of light, so you'd look outside and see nothing but black.

In other news, I just picked up Deception and have set my coffee pot up for its first run of the night. Hopefully I will be done with the book by morning and I can start to re-read and annotate it to see if I catch anything. I can post pictures of the highlighter slaughter if anyone wants to see it once I start. XD

[Unpleasant Implications]

Gabriel Stelinski wrote...

I honestly cannot follow the ferocity and speed of this thread... so what's that about "inspired by a true story". My inner soap opera loving side is dying to know.

Because of the multitude of errors, some are saying Bioware can dismiss this from canon by saying it happened in an alternate universe, based on on a "true" story.

[Nord Ronnoc]

Might be off-topic but that type of quality for Deception reminds me of the novelization of Baldur's Gate. Anyone else felt that way or is it just me?

[Anacronian Stryx]

Nord Ronnoc wrote...

Might be off-topic but that type of quality for Deception reminds me of the novelization of Baldur's Gate. Anyone else felt that way or is it just me?

Funny coz i was thing about that awful book when i read Deception..

[DownyTif]

Well... I was about to order this book, now I won't. I loved the first 3. Man what is going on with Bioware? Apart from SWTOR, they are making the headlines for only bad and controversial things (Origin required for ME3, DA2, now this book).

[Hamziz Vakarian]

Anacronian Stryx wrote...

Nord Ronnoc wrote...

Might be off-topic but that type of quality for Deception reminds me of the novelization of Baldur's Gate. Anyone else felt that way or is it just me?

Funny coz i was thing about that awful book when i read Deception..

Wait, did Karpyshyn write it?

Also, deception sucks.

[XXIceColdXX]

Just been reading the letter from the Mass Effect Wiki guys over at the wiki.Heres a list of things they have mentioned to have done as well.

We've posted the letter here and on our Facebook page.
The letter has been shared several times on other Facebook pages.
It's been sent to BioWare via their contact email address.
It has apparently been posted on the BioWare Social Network
It has been forwarded on to Casey Hudson, Mac Walters, Chris Priestly, and Jessica Merizan.

[Thargorichiban]

Average Ratings (so far!) for Mass Effect: Deception

Amazon.com - 1.5 out of 5 www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-Deception-William-Dietz/product-reviews/0345520734/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt

Amazon.ca - 1 out of 5 www.amazon.ca/Mass-Effect-Deception-William-Dietz/product-reviews/0345520734/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt

Amazon.co.uk - 1 out of 5 www.amazon.co.uk/Mass-Effect-Deception/product-reviews/1841499854/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt

Barnesandnoble.com - 2.5 out of 5 www.barnesandnoble.com/reviews/Mass-Effect%2FWilliam-C-Dietz/1100643308

Good Reads - 3.21 out of 5 www.goodreads.com/book/show/10390172-mass-effect

[Gabriel S.]

Unpleasant Implications wrote...

Gabriel Stelinski wrote...

I honestly cannot follow the ferocity and speed of this thread... so what's that about "inspired by a true story". My inner soap opera loving side is dying to know.

Because of the multitude of errors, some are saying Bioware can dismiss this from canon by saying it happened in an alternate universe, based on on a "true" story.

I see.

Zhuinden wrote...

There's even a supposedly spanish translation of the events now.
You are officially famous.

You know, this whole affair doubles as an interesting study on internet pseudo-journalism.

[Anacronian Stryx]

Hamziz Vakarian wrote...

Anacronian Stryx wrote...

Nord Ronnoc wrote...

Might be off-topic but that type of quality for Deception reminds me of the novelization of Baldur's Gate. Anyone else felt that way or is it just me?

Funny coz i was thing about that awful book when i read Deception..

Wait, did Karpyshyn write it?

Also, deception sucks.

Nope that was Philip Athans - by the way i might be wrong but i think that book was where Bioware learned never to make books centered around the their main characters.

[Ashira Shepard]

Death By Smiley wrote...

Working on a Hilter reacts video for this book.

Basically, the map pointing will be mentioning where the order is right now, and how it will almost be to the bunker.

"Soon, I'll be enjoying learning more about the Mass Effect Universe"

"Deitz..."

"Deitz completely bastardized the Mass Effect canon. The reaction is so bad that even the Mass Effect Wiki is thinking of declaring the book non-canon"

*reaches for glasses*

"Everyone who thinks Mass Effect is just a video game, leave the room"

If you do that I will give you the biggest hug ever. 

[Gabriel S.]

Anacronian Stryx wrote...

Hamziz Vakarian wrote...

Anacronian Stryx wrote...

Nord Ronnoc wrote...

Might be off-topic but that type of quality for Deception reminds me of the novelization of Baldur's Gate. Anyone else felt that way or is it just me?

Funny coz i was thing about that awful book when i read Deception..

Wait, did Karpyshyn write it?

Also, deception sucks.

Nope that was Philip Athans - by the way i might be wrong but i think that book was where Bioware learned never to make books centered around the their main characters.

I dunno what that book was about but, personally, I don't have a (big) problem with movies and/or books and comics that directly contradict what the game is about as long as it's set in an alternate timeline.

[NPH11]

Thargorichiban wrote...

Good Reads - 3.21 out of 5 www.goodreads.com/book/show/10390172-mass-effect

From a three star review:

"Overall, I found the quality of the writing to be improved over the previous books, and this is likely the best of the series so far. "


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Modifié par Stanley Woo, 01 février 2012 - 02:08 .

[Hamziz Vakarian]

Anacronian Stryx wrote...

Hamziz Vakarian wrote...

Anacronian Stryx wrote...

Nord Ronnoc wrote...

Might be off-topic but that type of quality for Deception reminds me of the novelization of Baldur's Gate. Anyone else felt that way or is it just me?

Funny coz i was thing about that awful book when i read Deception..

Wait, did Karpyshyn write it?

Also, deception sucks.

Nope that was Philip Athans - by the way i might be wrong but i think that book was where Bioware learned never to make books centered around the their main characters.

And yet, the lesson they SHOULD have taken away was not to let disinterested third parties write canon novels for their IPs.

[izmirtheastarach]

Stanley Woo wrote...

Thargorichiban wrote...

Good Reads - 3.21 out of 5 www.goodreads.com/book/show/10390172-mass-effect

From a three star review:

"Overall, I found the quality of the writing to be improved over the previous books, and this is likely the best of the series so far. "


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Yeah, I pointed that out awhile back. We couldn't get the rating down, Seems like goodreads lets people rate things months before they come out. Fortunately the bombing I kicked off covers most of the places people would got to from goodreads to actually buy the book.

[AVPen]

Currently up to 88 Lore Errors, folks.
Let's keep them coming.

[Thargorichiban]

izmirtheastarach wrote...

Stanley Woo wrote...

Thargorichiban wrote...

Good Reads - 3.21 out of 5 www.goodreads.com/book/show/10390172-mass-effect

From a three star review:

"Overall, I found the quality of the writing to be improved over the previous books, and this is likely the best of the series so far. "


[meme image removed]

Yeah, I pointed that out awhile back. We couldn't get the rating down, Seems like goodreads lets people rate things months before they come out. Fortunately the bombing I kicked off covers most of the places people would got to from goodreads to actually buy the book.

I believe Good Reads used to have a rating for 4.5. So there has been an effect.

[Anacronian Stryx]

That "Stanley Woo wrote..." cracks me up every time ...

[Anacronian Stryx]

MidgetBanger wrote...

I never saw it discussed, but why didn't Drew Karpyshyn write Deception after having written the other three?

He went to work on TOR.

[The Love Runner]

Allow me to introduce Kai Leng's cereal fraternity brothers:



This novel is too much...